Radiation Protection and Waste Disposal Regulations (GN No. 221 of 2011).

These Regulations implement provisions of the Atomic Energy and Radiation Protection Act and provide generally for protection from radioactive sources and the disposal of waste generated by activities involving radioactive material. The Regulations specify the minimum requirements for protection of the people and environment against exposure to ionising radiation and for the safety of radiation sources and for the security of radioactive and nuclear material and they do not relieve any person from the duty to take any additional actions as may be appropriate and reasonably necessary to protect any person or the environment from any damage resulting from radiation. Chapter 12 deals with radioactive waste. The scope of this Chapter covers the requirements associated with such steps in waste management as the collection, segregation, characterisation, treatment, conditioning, storage and preparation for transport of radioactive waste arising from medical, industrial and research facilities where radioactive materials and sources of ionising radiation are produced, used or handled. Waste is divided into the following categories: (i) solid waste; (ii) liquid aqueous waste; (iii) Liquid organic waste. Each waste generator must appoint a technically competent person with the appropriate independence and authority to implement the provisions of this Chapter as a radiation safety officer. A licensee may discharge the cleared liquid effluents into sanitary sewerage only if the material is readily soluble or is readily dispersible in water.